Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-11-18
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JUSTICE rs SATISFIED.
The case of the Chicago Anarchists will
take a leading place in the annals Of crimi-
nal justice. From beginning TO end 1t
was foremost in the worlds attention, and
throughout the long interval Of time con-
stunned nearly every passion and attribute
Oh human uesare was called into fain- saias-
In the communication Of Flelden and
Sohwab, no less than in the execution OF
spies, Parsons, Engel and Fischer, the law
has been fully indicated. The former have
been sent to the penitentiary, there to serve
life sentence; the latter are dead at the
hands Of the hangman. The law has been
implacable, memorable. Every resource Of
justice and of mercy established by society
has been exhausted with a result known
the world over. The men themselves, chief
actors in an awful tragedy, are placed be-
yond the possibility of further crime. Con-
sulting its own safety the State of Illinois
exterminated most Of them, and through their
ignominious death expects that like minded
men will be deferred from similar assaults
upon the sanctity of human life and the in.
tegrity OF the political institutions estab-
lished upon this continent by men loving
sell-government and perpetuated by their
descendants as the best device for liberty,
security and human happiness of which
fallil,la ma la - II
ways even-handed, for, like human institu.
tons, it is imperfect, has been firm and
drastic in this instance because the crime
committed struck at the very foundation of
society-self-preservation, the first law of
society, as of nature, seemed to demand that
the power Of law over creatures who would
wade through bloodshed not 10 throne
but to chaos should be asserted fully and
significantly.
The determination of these apostles of
violence is not in any sense an abridgement
of rational free speech. Its solemn notice
is directed against seduction. 1t is not an
assertion that the law as it Is shall forever
be maintained, but that until changed by
due and ordinary methods 1t must stand
against murdercus agitators, whether their
ultimate aim is good or bad The men are
not victims or martyrs destroyed by tyranny.
They were teachers of the art of murder
done wholesale in their presence by the pro-
cesses they recommended 70 an end abhorred
by RATIONAL minds as destructive of every
safeguard for life and property which civil
lization has evolved through centuries
They die therefore as other murderers, prn-
cipal or accessory, have persisted, and their
memery is, to every one net fanatical, in.
famous.
Ii is amazing that this great crime should
have been ostensibly committed In the in
terest of the working classes and under the
sanction Of the freedom of speech, the lib.
erty of the press and the right to bear arms |!
Claiming the protection Of the Constitution,
these knaves and fanatics distorted that in
strument that they might have pretense
Tor making the idle, the vicious and igno.
rant believe that 1t was their highest and
noblest duty to destroy every right and
every interest which the Constitution guar
anteed TO them. In all the large cities Of
the country Anarchism has raised Its brazen
front, and after years of drilling aud march
ing under the red flag, and carrying on the
secret manufacture and distribution Of dyna.
! mite bombs, threw down to the nation the
HANDY pauntlet AT ChicaUa
Throttle the law |" was the watchword
of the Anarchist. "The law must throttle
Anarchy" was the response Of the nation.
Justice with slow and measured steps has
pursued the Haymarket assassins for eighteen
months, and Friday last the sword fell. The
lesson which the bloody drama teaches is that
the deadly Upas tree of anarchy cannot -four.
ish In the United States In word, that this
is government of law, and that criminals
must be punished.
A word more. From the moment the last
syllable sounded on the lips OF Chief Justice
Waite, the Executive of Illinois mounted
the most conspicuous place within the sight
Of men, so far as this bloody drama is con.
cerned. Relatives OF the culprits gathered
about their cells, and the sound of unpre.
cedented lamentations spurred every apostle
of clemency The tide Of leniency swept on.
ward, when the drama, Us II to surprise
the onlooker and heighten his excitement,
reached the very climax Of the sensational.
The seven men were about 10 attain the
apotheosis. Their naughty words, refusing
mercy, sounded sweet TO the ear of many
men, yet at that very moment search of
Lingg's cell resulted in the discovery Of
enough bombs TO kill all the inmates OF the
Jail The real nature OF the bomb. maker was
revealed. Mercy stood dumb for days, and
then set only TO the task Of saving two OF
the least culpable Of the seven doomed men,
The Governor lifted his pen and spared
these two and directed the sheriff TO 60 on
30 his duty with the rest Thus hatred, con.
spiracy, massacre, treachery, trial, love, de-.
votion. pity, tragedy and grief and all stops
In the pipe Of life had been touched but one.
There remained the act Of justice, 50 calmly
delayed. The world was ready, out 10 the
scaffod marched four white shrouded forms
The step Of justice was now as quick as it
had been slow. They ranged 10 line and
dropped almost silently to their doom.
Mankind would have been satisfied with
no other ending OF the story.
A change In the cabinet is about TO take
place, Hon. DON NJ. Dickinson, of Mich.
gan. 10 take the Office of Postmaster Gen
eral, Mr.. Villas to take the place of Mr.. La
mar in the Interior Department and the lat
ter gentleman TO go upon the Bench Of the
Supreme Court.